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People can tell the week I’ve had by how my office looks like at the end of it. Paperwork, notepads, and books explode outwards from my desk. Like some kind mind expansion blast wave. If by the end of the... Continue reading

Posted Jul 11, 2021 at Mark Twomey

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Lazy

I have no idea what to do with my spare time. Given the choice I’ll work, but as it has been pointed out to me numerous times, if you are not working for yourself you’re doing unpaid work for someone... Continue reading

Posted Jul 10, 2021 at Mark Twomey

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Marvel movies have nowhere to go from here

Marvel Studios spent years building up to a fight with Thanos. Like those movies or not, they delivered a two film punch up that drew a line under the shared Marvel universe. My question is, does anyone care what happens... Continue reading

Posted Jul 9, 2021 at Mark Twomey

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Don't be a digital hoarder

In the real world the act of hoarding brings with it a clutter blindness. Hoarders don’t see the mess no matter how large the mess is. In the mind of a hoarder their hoarding of objects is a means of... Continue reading

Posted Jul 4, 2021 at Mark Twomey

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Keep your distance. Be happier.

I’m convinced that you are better off avoiding the creators of the things you enjoy, especially online. What’s the upside of following them on social media? Are you going to learn how they do what they do from reading a... Continue reading

Posted Jul 3, 2021 at Mark Twomey

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Who has time for this?

I was a news junkie but I’ve given up following most news. It’s ephemeral and of little long term value. I open Twitter and look away for a few minutes, 300 odd Tweets have dropped into my timeline. RSS reader?... Continue reading

Posted Jul 2, 2021 at Mark Twomey

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Jet stream

Today, I shook hands with someone who wasn’t a direct family member. First time in 15 months. I’m not one for handshakes. I take note it has happened and want to wash my hands as soon as possible afterwards. I... Continue reading

Posted Jun 19, 2021 at Mark Twomey

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Amazon's brain, but portable

I’m coming up on my two-year anniversary of joining Amazon Web Services. More than half of this has been spent at home without any face-to-face meetings with colleagues. Or anyone else. I thought this would weaken my connection to the... Continue reading

Posted Jun 13, 2021 at Mark Twomey

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macOS still has a few interesting tricks

Having lamented the bland state of the Mac in a prior entry I went out and ordered an M1 MacBook Pro during the week. What precipitated this was receiving a small piece of code that chugged on my (obsolete as... Continue reading

Posted Jun 12, 2021 at Mark Twomey

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Lock in PTSD

I suspect some people are suffering from “lock in” PTSD. It shouldn’t surprise anyone to see masses of young people, and those in their twenties, clogging the streets up now that the pubs are open. Most of them have spent... Continue reading

Posted May 30, 2021 at Mark Twomey

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The Mac used to be exciting.

I stopped buying Macs in 2012. At that stage Apple's disinterest in the Mac was apparent to anyone paying attention. It was all crappy keyboards and the odd incremental update from then on. What with the western world opening in... Continue reading

Posted May 30, 2021 at Mark Twomey

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Endless study

They say in technology that if you’re not studying something new then you’re already behind. I’ll admit there were times in my career where I did feel like I was behind the technological curve. But never enough that I was... Continue reading

Posted Apr 12, 2021 at Mark Twomey

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Character creation is its own nightmare

Making my own player character for a Dungeons & Dragons game drives me a bit mad. I usually spend my time on the other side of the screen attempting to keep player created chaos from imploding the universe I have... Continue reading

Posted Apr 10, 2021 at Mark Twomey

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It's not about local news

I groan anytime I see someone from the Australian government claim their battle against the tech giants about media royalty payments is to ‘protect local news.’ The largest beneficiary of this action is News Corporation, who demolished local news during... Continue reading

Posted Feb 20, 2021 at Mark Twomey

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EU has health lessons to be learned

I’m not happy with the European Commission’s actions this week but I think the EU will now emerge from the pandemic with a better sense of what is important. A harsh set of lessons at a terrible price. The vaccine... Continue reading

Posted Jan 31, 2021 at Mark Twomey

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The Fall of the House of MAGA

I can see the tactical case in Big Tech looking to crush Trump and scatter his followers today, but strategically I think the timing is wrong. This would have been a finishing move were Trump a private citizen. When done... Continue reading

Posted Jan 8, 2021 at Mark Twomey

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Wonder Woman 1984 is a dud [Spoilers]

Sitting in the cinema it did not take me long to realise the latest Wonder Woman was not for me. By the end of the movie I did question who exactly this movie was for? I was surprised by how... Continue reading

Posted Dec 27, 2020 at Mark Twomey

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Raised By Wolves [Spoilers]

I get why people don’t like Raised By Wolves but there was an episode early on where I could see the outline of the first season arc and it kept me watching. My suspicion was correct, and this is a... Continue reading

Posted Dec 22, 2020 at Mark Twomey

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Saying goodbye to UK online shopping. (For now)

I’ve been doing my last bit of online shopping with UK retailers. I’m sorry to see this end. Every UK retailer I’ve dealt with has provided good service. That said, the new Brexit related customs charges and taxes will mean... Continue reading

Posted Dec 13, 2020 at Mark Twomey

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I claim Wednesday

I’ve been taking every Wednesday in November off work. I wanted to mix up the working week and this is doing it. I now finish the week twice. There’s the last push on a Tuesday because I drop off the... Continue reading

Posted Nov 17, 2020 at Mark Twomey

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Covid vaccine? Sign me up.

It looks like Pfizer’s BNT162b2 and Moderna’s mRNA-1273 vaccines will receive approval for widescale deployment across the European Union and the United States before the end of this year. Both are built on cutting-edge RNA technology which has never been... Continue reading

Posted Nov 15, 2020 at Mark Twomey

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Share files securely with Amazon S3 Pre-Signed URLs

In classical literature we are told the Titan, Prometheus, held one of the most important secrets in ancient mythology. He knew who would overthrow Zeus and bring an end the reign of the Olympian gods. In the Greek tragedy, Prometheus... Continue reading

Posted Nov 9, 2020 at Mark Twomey

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For Every Tomorrow

I believe there should be a political party that only represents future generations. While every mainstream party will claim they have the interest of future generations at heart, they cannot. The reality is that governments today provide services and have... Continue reading

Posted Nov 7, 2020 at Mark Twomey

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Together Apart

I had planned to write a short blog post on friendship, but I went down a rabbit hole reading about social capital. The title for this post is together apart but when you read of the decline of social capital... Continue reading

Posted Nov 1, 2020 at Mark Twomey

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The Great Influenza

The Great Influenza by John M. Barry proved to be a difficult read for me under the circumstances in which we find ourselves. Normally I would have ground through it at a reasonable clip. Current events had me pressing forward... Continue reading

Posted Oct 31, 2020 at Mark Twomey

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